> > Have you checked the nagios.cfg file and ensured the path for > command_file is the same in both the nagios.cfg and nsca.cfg? Nagios > should be creating the command file on start up. If they are the same, > check that nagios has write permissions to /var/lib/nagios3/rw. Also, > the command file is a pipe, not a simple file, so "touch" isn't good > enough, you'll need to use mkfifo or mknod. >
Jonathon, it was simple newb issue. nagios.cfg needed 'check_external_commands' enabled. I got passive service checks working last night. Many thanks to bashk on irc. Now to get passive host checks working. -Andy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null